AliasVault vs DuckDuckGo Email Protection

AliasVault is a password manager that combines password storage with email aliases and a built-in two-factor authenticator. Its Free plan lists all product features, password management, aliases, offline mode, and device synchronization, but no price is listed. Passwordless account login and passkey support are available. AliasVault can be used on the web, iOS, and Android, through extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari, or in a self-hosted setup. The maker lists the Netherlands as its headquarters and 2024 as its founding year. The product does not offer secure sharing or business admin controls. A Premium plan lists higher alias and email-storage limits and VIP alias domains; a Family plan lists Premium benefits for households and up to six accounts. Both are marked as coming soon, and neither has a listed price. That makes the current listed offering focused on individual password management and alias use rather than shared or business administration.

DuckDuckGo Email Protection is a free forwarding service that removes multiple types of hidden email trackers while working with an existing email account. Users select a personal @duck.com address, and messages sent there are checked against DuckDuckGo’s block list before forwarding to a regular inbox. The service can also create distinct private Duck Addresses that can be turned off individually if they attract spam or other unwanted mail. DuckDuckGo browsers and extensions can recognize email fields and fill in either the personal or a generated private address. Forwarded messages can arrive in accounts such as Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail or Proton, but Email Protection does not include a separate inbox. DuckDuckGo says it forwards messages without retaining the emails or their headers on its systems. Replies use the Duck Address, though the service cannot guarantee that message text will not expose the forwarding address or other identifiers. It is listed for Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, web and browser extensions.